Rogue Protector by Patricia D. Eddy

Author:Patricia D. Eddy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PageCurl Publishing

Chapter Sixteen

Austin

Detective Chavez and his partner drive us to a hotel a few kilometers away from where we’d been staying and accompany us to the front desk.

“For tonight,” Chavez tells the clerk as he pulls a business card from his pocket, “You can send the bill to me. Two rooms—“

“One,” Mikayla and I say at the same time. Thank God I don’t have to convince her to let me stay with her. I’ll sleep on the couch. Hell, in front of the fucking door. I’m not leaving her side while those assholes are free.

“One room then,” Chavez says and scribbles something on the back of his business card and passes it to the clerk. “Please put them on the same floor as Li Chen and Isaiah Williams. A uniformed officer will be patrolling that floor tonight.” Turning to me, he offers me his hand. “Major General Pritchard, Dr. Salim. It is late. We will call you in the morning with what we have been able to learn about these two men.”

“Our things, Detective?” I ask. We’re both filthy and bloody, and more than anything, Mikayla needs to feel like herself again.

“When the Hotel Centro learned the students were kidnapped from their loading dock, they became very…uncooperative. I am going there myself now to speed things along. We may not have your things until morning, but we have officers at the hotel now, and we will not allow anyone to enter your rooms.”

Mik doesn’t respond, and from the look on her face…she’s so worn out, so mentally and physically drained, I need to get her into bed before she topples over.

“Just do what you can. We’ve been in these clothes for two full days.”

Chavez gives me a curt nod, and his officer leads us to a fourth-floor suite and bids us goodnight.

I clear the living area, bedroom, bathroom, and two closets while Mik stands just inside the door, totally silent. “It’s all good, sweetheart. Come with me.” Leading her into the bathroom, I turn on the hot water in the shower, then lift her up onto the counter.

Steam fills the room as I kneel in front of her and unlace her boots. Once I have the brace off and set it down next to her, I push to my feet and shove my hands into my pockets. It’s either that or touch her, hold her, and I don’t think she’s ready for that. “There’s a robe on the back of the door. Can you manage with that ankle?”

“Y-yes. I’ll be okay,” she whispers. Her cheeks flush, and she stares at her knees, her khaki pants torn and stained, like she’s seeing them for the first time. “I don’t…we don’t have any clothes.”

“I’ll call down and see if the hotel has anything available. If not, we’ll live in the robes tonight. First thing in the morning, I’ll get us a flight to Maryland.” Brushing my knuckles along her cheek, I wait for her to look up at me. “We’re safe now, sweetheart. As safe as I can make us.

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